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Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : character, manufacture, provenance and use : 'putting an edge on it'

Title
Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : character, manufacture, provenance and use : 'putting an edge on it' / J. R. L. Allen.
Author
Allen, John R. L.
Publication
  • Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Description
ix, 118 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm.
Series Statement
BAR British series ; 597
Uniform Title
BAR British series ; 597.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-108).
Contents
Abstract -- Sharpening stones -- Typology, description, manufacture -- Whetstones from the brownstones (Lower Devonian) -- Whetstones of upper old red sandstone (Upper Devonian) -- Whetstones of pennant sandstone (Late Upper Carboniferous) -- Whetstone from the Portland Group (Upper Jurassic) -- Whetstone from the Weald clay formation (Early Lower Cretaceous) -- Whetstones of greensand (Lower Cretaceous) -- Whetstones of sarsen (Cenozoic) -- Whetstones of ironstone (Cenozoic) -- Whetstones from miscellaneous geological sources -- Whetstones from other sites at Silchester -- Whetstone supply and use at Insula IX -- References -- Appendix 1. Gazeteer of whetstones from published Roman sites in southern Britain.
Call Number
JFG 14-237
ISBN
  • 9781407312804
  • 1407312804
OCLC
883898174
Author
Allen, John R. L., author.
Title
Whetstones from Roman Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), North Hampshire : character, manufacture, provenance and use : 'putting an edge on it' / J. R. L. Allen.
Publisher
Oxford : Archaeopress, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
BAR British series ; 597
BAR British series ; 597.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-108).
Research Call Number
JFG 14-237
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